My Mother's Roommate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798993850481)

Sandra Cowden led an average life as a nurse, wife, and mother, but this changed in an instant one chilly day in January of 1981. Her world unraveled as she battled her brain tumor and the consequences of this life-altering diagnosis.

The impacts of medication and the tumor on Sandra's brain frayed her reality. Chaos, fear, and denial incubated in her mind, but she also had hope.

My Mother's Roommate is a real first-person account of a young mother facing a cancer diagnosis, braided together with her daughter's memories decades later. Together, Sandra and her daughter Karen, a cancer researcher, weave a promise for improved care for future patients and families facing cancer.